Raymond Chow

Raymond Chow Man-Wai is a Hong Kong film producer, and presenter. He is one of the most important and influential film producers in the history of filmmaking for successfully launching martial arts and the onto the international stage. As the founder of Golden Harvest, he would produce some of the biggest stars to ever grace the screen including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Tsui Hark and countless others.

Early life

Chow is a Chinese of Hakka ethnicity. He went to study abroad at the , and graduated with a in journalism in 1949. In 1951 he joined the Voice of America office in Hong Kong.

Film career

Chow was the head of publicity and the production chief of Shaw Brothers between 1958 and 1970. He leased and contracted its exhibition chain of 104 cinema theatres in Southeast Asia. At the time Cathay was a predominant force in the